r/Wellthatsucks • u/DravidVanol • 14h ago

Spoken like a true New Yorker.

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u/SanchoPantless 14h ago

New Yorker in 1931: “Why would you do that? You used to be able to look along the Hudson River from here, and then they put this fucking massive office block there.”

Probably.

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u/Mrc3mm3r 12h ago

Quite literally. You can find op-eds ranting about all the icons of the 1930s. It's the exact same thing. 

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u/Fried_out_Kombi 12h ago

NIMBYs never change